Transcend has rolled out announcement about the availability of its MP330 digital audio player for the mass market. Available in black or white, the gadget supports a wide variety of file formats including FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) alongside MP3, WMA, WAV, and WMA-DRM10 protected music files. What makes this music player more interesting is that it has a high signal-to-noise ratio of over 90dB, delivering superior audio output quality. Additional features include seven advanced equalizer effects, an integrated FM radio, lyrics support and a built-in USB connector. The Transcend MP330 is currently available in 2 GB, 4 GB and 8 GB models.

An iPhone-trashing footage that promotes Motorola’s Droid phone has showed on the internet, and it teases with a little details about the Motorola device. But as more Motorola Droid data pops up, there’s another surprising rumor: Verizon’s testing a CDMA iPhone.

Now you may consider issue with some of those supposed plus points (on-screen keyboards seem to work perfectly well for many iPhone users, and other Android phones that have them too, and removable batteries aren’t proving much of an issue) but the 5 MP camera is a boon, as is low-light shooting.

Motorola Droid

BGR has been able to have a test on a prototype Motorola Droid, and it seems Motorola’s really got some serious hardware on its hands. The Motorola Droid phone operate on a TI Omap3430 processor, making it “the fastest Android” phone they’ve seen. It’s also skinny but has a full QWERTY slide-out, and there’s a companion charger/stand that lets the phone act as an alarm clock, weather station, and so on. According to BGR, Google was very directly involved with the development of the device, “almost dictating every move Motorola made when designing and making” it.

According to another report, Verizon’s CEO Lowell McAdam was also visiting Apple recently. And it wasn’t just for kicks -Verizon’s actually been testing out a CDMA-friendly version of Apple’s iPhone. If it’s true, this is pretty amazing news on several fronts. Firstly it suggests that AT&T’s poor technical and customer services performance has dipped low enough that Apple’s going to break the network’s exclusive grip on the iPhone in the U.S. Since U.S. cell-phone users seem so very polarized by their choice of network, this is also big news for Apple -it’ll bring millions more subscribers to the iPhone fold.

Good news for Blackberry mania. Verizon will release RIM BlackBerry Storm 2 soon. BlackBerry Storm 2 is surely an improvement over its predecessor, BlackBerry Storm, as we all know was riddled with bugs and performance issues. We do really hope that the new BlackBerry Storm will wipe out all those poor qualities.

BlackBerry Storm 2 has the same dimensions as the original model, measuring 4.4 in x 2.4 in x 0.5 in and weighing at 5.6 ounces. BlackBerry Storm 2 offers a revamped SurePress touch screen that coupled with the updated BlackBerry OS provide a better user experience. Other improvements include Wi-Fi, more memory, and enhancements to the smartphone’s core functions.

BlackBerry Storm 2 Smartphone

Storm 2 smartphone is the first CDMA BlackBerry to offer Wi-Fi that provides faster speeds. Of course there will be times when we may be out of a 3G coverage zone, so it’s nice to know that we have an alternative method of getting online. Specific details weren’t confirmed, but maybe this November we can expect RIM BlackBerry Storm 2 to ship for around the same price as the original Storm, which was about $200 with a two-year contract.

We’ve finally got a quick review unit of the new super-slim and super-light Sony Vaio X notebook which was launched earlier this week. Check out some more close-up pictures below.

External ports like the USB and the VGA are the ones that limit the thinness of the Vaio X notebook. So unless these ports are made smaller in future standards, I think this is the thinnest notebook ever.

Hewlett-Packard announces the launching of its line of ultra-cheap notebooks and desktops today. It turns out Hewlett-Packard wants to put a little new life into the Compaq brand they have acquired back in 2002, positioning Compaq brand not only as a label for extremely cheap PCs but as one with mainstream appeal in the U.S. as well.

This time Hewlett-Packard will certainly attract a lot of buyers with its new bargains, Compaq CQ61z notebook and Compaq Presario 4010f. Compaq Presario 4010f is a 15.6-inch desktop with an AMD Sempron CPU, 2 GB of RAM, DVD burner, 250 GB hard drive, and discrete graphics that runs on Windows 7 Home Premium. The price starts at just $309 after a $100 rebate.

Compaq Presario Desktop

Compaq Presario 4010f desktop is available for purchase on Windows 7 launch day, October 22.